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StartupSac Founder Spotlight: Ryan Barr of RePurpose Energy
By Jeff Bennett of Startup Sac. Blog on StartupSac. Ryan Barr is the co-founder and COO of RePurpose Energy, a Sacramento area cleantech startup that reuses electric vehicle batteries to store solar energy. Ryan started his career as a management consultant for...
Social Equity, Disadvantaged Groups, and Cleantech Startups
A big crowd gathered at CleanStart’s new home, Hacker Lab at 2533 R Street, to hear three speakers on what might have seemed an unusual topic for us. Jose Bodipo-Memba from SMUD, Eugene Lee from the CEC, and Mariah Lichtenstern from DiverseCity Ventures spoke about...
Our New Home
After a period of vagrancy, CleanStart has a new home at Hacker Lab in Midtown Sacramento. Many of you know we were graciously hosted by Impact Venture Capital, but when they moved offices we did too. Now we are proud to be at the co-working / maker-space of Hacker...
Treat Water Like it Matters
Every day we take for granted that we have instant potable water at our fingertips. Maybe, we leave the water running for a shower a bit long or pour out a cup of water we couldn't finish. We aren’t alone, many companies make small decisions that cause them to use...
Engage the Community to Grow the Clean Tech Market
The theme of our September 26th meetup is the value of connecting with disadvantaged communities. We picked this theme because the clean tech community is bigger than most people realize. Typically people focus on communities that have significant excess capital that...
CleanStart Wraps up its first CEO Crash Course
Over the past month 10 companies have been participating in CleanStart's CEO Crash Course. Learning the skills they need to accelerate their start up. Lead by Dan Wadhwani and Mehdi Khazael, the University of Pacific’s MBA program, attendees developed their their...
Clean Tech Showcase this Fall
While you have been doing other things, a whole new group of cleantech startups have come on the scene in our region. Want to come see what they are doing? You’re in luck. On October 9, CleanStart and BlueTech Valley are having the Central Valley Cleantech Showcase...
Greyrock Energy Takes Two Important Steps
Momentum is building behind Greyrock Energy, our local gas-to-synthetic liquids pioneer. First, they closed on a follow-up equity investment in May from AP Ventures. Their first investment was from Anglo American Platinum, based in South Africa. AP Ventures is a...
Welcome Osato
CleanStart has a new face supporting the region’s Entrepreneurs. Osato Evbuomwan is a CSU Sacramento Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student who is the newest associate at CleanStart. Growing up in Nigeria with smog from backup diesel/ gasoline generators inspired...